David Graeber, author of The Democracy Project, writes in a guest column for “Informed Comment” The recent defeat of gun buyers’ background check legislation in the Senate—legislation backed by an almost unimaginable 90% of the American public—has been taken as a somber day in the history of American democracy. We’ve been having a lot of […]
Karzai admits taking CIA money; Galbraith: We’re not getting what we pay for
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai on Monday confirmed an NYT report that he has been receiving cash payments in a paper bag every month from the US Central Intelligence Agency. Karzai maintained that the money actually goes to the director of national intelligence to be used for intelligence work, but the implication of the NYT article […]
How to Become an Expert in Iran’s Nuclear Program (in less than four minutes) (Video)
How to become an expert in Iran’s nuclear program (in less than four minutes): courtesy EA Worldview
Egypt: ” Muslim Brotherhood Seeking Revenge on the Judges” – Moussa
The Constitutional crisis in Egypt between the Muslim Brotherhood president, Muhammad Morsi, and the thousands of judges in the Egyptian judiciary, according to Amr Moussa, derives from a misplaced desire for revenge on the part of the Brotherhood. Under the regime of Hosni Mubarak, the Brotherhood was only semi-legal, and members were often imprisoned (Morsi […]
Drone Strikes are the Face of America to Yemenis: al-Muslimi
Alice K. Ross writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism ‘Drone strikes are the face of America to many Yemenis,’ Farea al-Muslimi told a rare US Senate hearing on targeted killing last week. The Yemeni journalist and activist gave emotive testimony at a Senate subcommittee about the impact of drone strikes and targeted killings on […]
Obama Jokes with White House Correspondents (Video)
President Obama at 2013 White House Correspondents’ Dinner
How You became a Guinea Pig for the Chemical Corporations (Rosner and Markowitz)
David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz write at Tomdispatch.com A hidden epidemic is poisoning America. The toxins are in the air we breathe and the water we drink, in the walls of our homes and the furniture within them. We can’t escape it in our cars. It’s in cities and suburbs. It afflicts rich and poor, […]
Are Chemical Weapons use in Syria really Obama’s Red line? (Feaver)
Julie Poucher Harbin presents an interview with Peter Feaver via Islamicommentary According to an assessment signed by White House director of the office of legislative affairs Miguel Rodriguez, which was sent to lawmakers on Thursday (April 25) ”Our intelligence community does assess, with varying degrees of confidence, that the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons […]
Six Myths about Bush Torture Punctured by New Report (Thompson)
Christie Thompson writes at ProPublica: Among the news that ended up being buried in the events of [two weeks ago]: A nonpartisan think tank, the Constitution Project, released a scathing, 577-page report on the U.S.’s treatment, and torture, of detainees in the aftermath of 9/11. The investigation began in 2009, after Obama opposed creating a “truth commission.” With a […]
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